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Urbana robberies may link to poverty City looks for answers after an increase of bank robberies BY NORA ROCHE CONTRIBUTING WRITER
A recent string of bank robberies in Urbana could refl ect the city’s poverty rate and social service spending, said Urbana Mayor Laurel Prussing.
The robbery of Urbana’s First Financial Bank, 2510 Philo Rd., on April 14 was the city’s fourth bank robbery in 2015. Urbana police Lt. Bryant Seraphin said this is a fairly high number for Urbana as the city can
go a whole year without any robberies. “Our police department has a pretty good track record of tracking down the people that do bank robberies,� Prussing said. “Once you catch people, they are not out and doing it again.� Prussing said she believes the recent spike in bank robberies is part of a larger problem, and a study
exploring the commonalities between the criminals could explain the issue. The specific reason behind the increase in robberies is currently unknown; however, Kelly Mierkowski, manager of the Grants Management Division for Urbana, said poverty might be part of the issue. “We have too many people in poverty, period. To me
there is no excuse for poverty,� said Urbana Alderman Charlie Smyth, Ward 1. “In a country as wealthy as ours, the income level is so disparate, it is getting worse. As a society, we have moved away from helping people.� There are mechanisms in place for handling bank robberies and consideration is made for mentally ill and juvenile offenders. Seraph-
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Television news misrepresents different ethnic groups, specifically in crime reports, according to statistics gathered in a new study. The portrayal of homicides against white victims is 11 percent higher on television news than the actual percentage in real life. The number is 26 percent lower for African-Americans, and 14 percent higher for other races, according to the study, conducted by Travis Dixon, a University communications professor, and Charlotte Williams, associate professor and director of the Center on Community Philanthropy at the University of Arkansas. Dixon said the research, titled “The Changing Misrepresentation of Race and Crime on Network and Cable News,� found how various topics change in the news and how the news depicts certain groups as victims, perpetrators or heroes. Ethnic groups are misrepresented in cable and network news because of ethnic blame discourse, appealing to larger audiences and a concept called guard dog perspective, Dixon said. Ethnic blame discourse is a way journalists, news editors, publishers and others frame narratives and JOHN ELUE THE DAILY ILLINI
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The Carle Health System has named Kayla Banks the fi rst executive director of the Carle-Illinois College of Medicine. Banks, 31, began her new role Monday . She will be responsible for supervising Carle’s role in the planning, accreditation and establishment of the new college. Banks will work alongside a yet to be named University executive. Dr. Matthew Gibb, executive vice president and system chief medical officer of Carle, said the hospital is “thrilled� to have Banks
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put blame on a particular group; guard dog is when the media tries to determine whether the audience needs to be protected from outside forces, such as the “elite.� “If you look at the national news, they do not normally have just regular crime stories occurring on the news,� Dixon said. “What they do have are policy debates about immigration, terrorism, torture — all those things and they involve these actors.� These actors in immigration policies tend to be Latino and Muslims, who tend to be depicted in acts of terrorism. He also found that African Americans were underrepresented on cable news, both as victims and criminals. Ismaeel Sheriff, freshman in Engineering, said he never saw references to Muslims in the media until recently. “At fi rst, they were mostly negative, and I did not feel content with it because there was not an opposing viewpoint,� Sheriff said. “It was mostly showing (Muslims) as terrorists and as bad guys in movies and shows.� Sheriff said media caters to the majority of opinion because of the media’s influence.
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in said in one case, a juvenile involved in a bank robbery was sentenced to seven years in jail, rather than 15 years as an adult. A few juveniles who were arrested in relation to robberies acted under adult direction, Prussing said. Smyth said similar situations can be avoided by giv-
all of Carle’s clinical areas. She said she hopes to institute similar practices in the new college. “I think just generally the vision being that Carle and the University of Illinois really can build and groom clinicians who are focused on innovation and entrepreneurship in order to improve patient outcome and to improve inpatient care delivery,� Banks said. The University is expected to raise an additional $135 million for equipment and faculty and student support. Carle pledged $100 million over 10 years to fund the creation and maintenance of the new engineering-based college. “We envisioned a marriage of medicine and engineering,� Gibb said.
“‘(The vision is) Carle and the University of Illinois really can build and groom clinicians who are focused on innovation and entrepreneurship...’� KAYLA BANKS
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